ARTH 341 - Art&Arch in Early Ren Florence

Institution:

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Subject:

Art History

Description:

This course examines the city of Florence as a work of art, as well as masterpieces of Florentine sculpture, painting and architecture of the Early Renaissance (fifteenth century). Among the masters studied are the sculptors Nanni di Banco, Donatello, Ghiberti, Luca della Robbia, Pollaiuolo, and Verrocchio; the painters Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Fra Filippo Lippi, and Botticelli; and the architects Brunellschi, and Alberti. Statuary, reliefs and tombs; altarpieces, fresco cycles and mythological pictures; churches and palaces are all studied within the context of the technical, philosophical, political and cultural developments of the quattrocento. The ideals of the Florentine Republic, Humanism, Neo-Platonism, and Millenarianism provide the historical and intellectual background for the study of these works of art and architecture. Issues of patronage, placement, restoration, art criticism, women's roles in society and reception will also be explored. (OC).

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.umd.umich.edu/

Phone Number:

(313) 593-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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